Do you ever have a week that starts out incredibly stressful because of a pair of problems at work that eats at your mind day and night, and you think it's going to be a disaster because they're not going to get solved, and then lo! Events fall into place in just the way you … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 10, 2022
StoryGraph Saturday: Death and the Maidens
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. Death and the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circleby Janet … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Death and the Maidens
Book Review: Fierce Poison
Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewellyn #13)by Will ThomasHistorical Mystery304 pagesExpected publication date: April 12, 2022, by Minotaur Books London, 1893 Though the team of Barker and Llewellyn have seen a lot of strange things in the past ten years, they've never had a client drop dead in their offices before. But that's just what happens … Continue reading Book Review: Fierce Poison
March Summary, April Preview
March was a strange month. On one hand, it was my birthday month and that was great-- it meant I was treated to a lot of cake, and I'll never say no to cake. But then Mina got sick on my vacation days, and so I spent a few days worried sick about her, trying … Continue reading March Summary, April Preview
Sunday Sum-Up: April 3, 2022
Y'all, I'm tired. It was a hectic week at work, and even though home life was relaxing, there wasn't quite enough time to recover from the busy days. But today, I plan to read, write, and perhaps go for a nice long walk if it doesn't rain later. Obligatory Mina Photo: I've been watching photographic … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 3, 2022
StoryGraph Saturday: Babel
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Babel
Birthday Book Haul
March is my birthday month, so of course, I bought some books. I also received some birthday money (ostensibly for books) which I surprisingly haven't spent yet, so I'll have a birthday-adjacent book haul sometime later on. Landmarks by Robert MacfarlaneAll the Horses of Iceland by Sarah TolmieCabo de Gata by Eugen Ruge, translated from … Continue reading Birthday Book Haul
Sunday Sum-Up: March 27, 2022
It's been a quiet week around here, with some real rain and snow (and rain and snow at once), plenty of relaxing on my part (and on the cats' parts), along with plenty of reading and writing. It's nice to have weeks like this. I'll be heading over to friends' house to watch The Oscars … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 27, 2022
StoryGraph Saturday: The Art of the English Murder
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Art of the English Murder
On Not Finishing What I Started
Beginnings are such peculiar times. Especially the beginning of a new year, when you're looking ahead to a fresh set of 365 days and thinking, "I will do All The Things this year". And then time rolls on and things happen, and you realize that it's nearly a quarter of the way through the year, … Continue reading On Not Finishing What I Started
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